Year 6 Newsletter 7.10.22

Living our values

We are kind, compassionate and respectful

Key Dates

Well-being

Digital Safety

Many of our students have their own devices. Some even have their own phones. It is important that we continue to monitor their usage closely in order to keep them safe and to teach them about digital safety.

All devices should be used in a common area in the house such as the living room or kitchen. We strongly advise against students having their device in their bedroom. Devices should also be taken away from your child during bed time so that they can switch off and get a good nights sleep.

Parental Settings on devices

All devices have settings on them. Most have parental settings that you can use to limit or curb some of the access to features available. In school, many students have Smart Watches. If your child does have a Smart Watch that is connected to the WiFi, it must be deactivated during school hours. If a student is found using this to call parents during school time, we will ask them to hand their device in and collect it at the end of the day.

If your child does need to contact you, we have phones in the building and in the Primary Office. If you need to discuss this further, please contact your child's class teacher.

If your child has a device and you would like support with its settings, please reach out to our ISIT departure for support.

Healthy Snacks

We encourage students to bring healthy, reasonably sized snacks to school. A reminder that candy and chocolate are not allowed in school.

It is also our school policy that students do not share snacks.

There are plenty of healthy choices sold during break times and after school at our snack bar.

Thank you for your support.

Dance Festival 2022

Registration is now open for the much-awaited annual dance festival by Tiger’s Dance Academy. Scan the QR code to register.

Primary FOBISIA returns after 3 years!

If your child is a keen sports person who thinks that they would like to try out for our team of 10 x Boys and 10 x Girls from Y6 to compete in football, Tee Ball, swimming and athletics at the Primary FOBISIA Games please read on. Details of what trying out for our FOBISIA Team will look like can be found on the following link;

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1k2tv9j9gGNJe4T5PaUW8D01bVY0xy0QmOSNhapiWtFo/edit?usp=sharing

If you are interested in your child joining our try out process, please sign them up using the appropriate link below;

Y6 Boys Google Form = https://forms.gle/3dmDxqxpLTgMvCuM8

Y6 Girls Google Form = https://forms.gle/gSJPxW8XbVqtVYEK8

Any questions please ask Mr Tatam - antt@patana.ac.th

Learning

Swimming Gala

Year 6 will have a swim gala on Monday 10th October from 7:45 to 9:45am in the 50m pool. Parents are welcome to come along to support the event.

Please ensure that your child wears their swim kit under their uniforms so they can change quickly, and the event start on time. 

We look forward to celebrating this event with you.

Home Learning

Home learning is set every Friday on the class blogs - students are expected to complete their home learning by  Wednesday of the following week.

 Here is the link directly to the Year 6 blogs.

Global Citizenship

Tiger Spirit Day - thank you for your support 

One Green Goal

This year the Patana Student Environmental Committee and the Primary Community Action Team are inviting students, families, and our wider community to join us in the One Green Goal challenge. Choose a goal that is relevant to you and your setting. Here are some suggestions from our students:

Waste less food

Say no to plastic

Take fewer flights

Turn off appliances when leaving a room

Have a meat free day each week

Buy LED lights

Use natural light when available

Charge appliances in a car rather than at home

Make an ECO brick

Use the recycle bins available at school

Share lifts to school Do a beach clean during the holidays

Donate your old clothes

Encourage others to choose a One Green Goal!

We would love you to share your goal and become part of our One Green Goal movement. Upload a portrait style video, less than one minute long to this link: https://bangkokpatanaschool-my.sharep... We will feature videos on our media channels. Remember to take photos of you doing your One Green Goal. We will be inviting participants to stay in touch throughout the year.

Events around the world

You can keep up to date with current events around the world by watching Newsround, an age appropriate news show. Being aware of current events will help your child to make connections with a range of themes when reading in class, and it is an ideal opportunity for you to model discussing your opinions and using experiences to draw connections between events and people.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround

General Information

Birthdays 

Happy Birthday to all the students celebrating their birthday next week, during the half term break and the first week back after the break. We hope you all have fun :)

We are a NUT FREE school. Please when ordering birthday treats double check before bringing treats on the campus. Many toppings offered by some donut shops have flaked almonds in their toppings and peanut butter fillings.

Temporary Guardianship Form - let us know if both parents are going away and leaving a student with a friend, nanny or a maid.

Important Contacts